onocentaur

noun

ono·​centaur

¦änə+

: a mythological creature having the head and arms and upper torso of a human being and the body and legs of an ass

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin onocentaurus, a wild animal inhabiting waste places, from Greek onokentauros, from onos ass + kentauros centaur

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